This Just In...

 Leaf cutter bee entering nest:

Earlier Post

Images:  Johanna Esteras

No Farm is Complete Without...

 Livestock!

Great that BNS first graders are learning how to care for the 3 Hens:  La Rubia (RUBA) Red (RED), and Speckles (SPINLS).

Harvest Time Salsa

 Ingredients:  peppers, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, garlic, lime, vinegar, apple? and first grade chefs.

Thank you farmers!  Thank you chefs! 

One class added some apple from the BNS Farm Orchard.  Check out their bar graph. 

Photos:  Jessica Tully

              Johanna Esteras

Community Workers: A New Crop of Farmers

Beautifully captured by Jessica Tully...

Leaf Cutter Bees Settle In

 BNS Farm Kitchen is home to leaf cutter bees:  Welcome pollinators!

Circle marks the entrance to their nesting site.

Close up of entrance.

Bits of leaves tell that leaf cutter bees were there.

Want to know more about leaf cutter bees?  Click on this link.  Or ask a first grader.

Happy Summer

 

A Congregation of Praying Mantises Emerged June Share Day

To the delight of visitors to the BNS Farm a large number of nymphs showed up.  Alert and ready to dine.